Good Organic Gardening

Gardening with goodness at its heart — fresh, organic and fun. This magazine is 100% real. We are unashamedly earthy, reflecting the spirit and culture of people who just love to get their hands dirty. Our emphasis is on productive gardening. We just love the satisfaction of growing your own and finding new ways to bring produce to the table. The magazine includes features such as Amazing Gardens, Celebrity Chefs, Celebrity Gardeners, Clever Crops, Flavours of the month, Garden solutions, Kids Corner, Living Organics, Weekend Gardening, What’s New and a guide to What’s on Where. Purchase includes the Digital Edition and News Service. Please stay in touch via our Facebook Page.

BOOST YOUR SOIL • GIVE YOUR SOIL AND PLANTS WHAT THEY NEED IN A FORM THAT WORKS FOR THEM!

THIS ISSUE

Good Organic Gardening

ROCK DUST: HOW IT WORKS ITS MAGIC • EARTHLIFE’S COLIN PURNELL ANSWERS OUR QUESTIONS ABOUT ROCK MINERALS

THE Grapevine • ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS AND UPDATES COMPILED

What’s hot – RIGHT NOW – • AN AUSTRALIAN PLANTABLE BOOK SERIES, A RICH MAGENTA HELLEBORE AND, CONTINUING THE RED(ISH) THEME, AN HEIRLOOM RED CARROT VARIETY AND A BURGUNDY SPECKLED AMISH HEIRLOOM LETTUCE

Green news • WHO IS GREENING OUR WORLD AND HOW THEY ARE DOING IT

POOR SOIL? NO SPACE FOR A GARDEN? PERHAPS YOU SHOULD PUT A RING ON IT • RAISED WEATHERED STEEL PLANTERS ARE THE PERFECT SOLUTION

THE HARDLY PERENNIAL • BORAGE DOESN’T BLOOM ALL YEAR ROUND — IT ONLY SEEMS LIKE IT DOES BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT HAPPILY SELF-SEEDS AND SPREADS

GOOD AS GOLD • CALENDULA OR MARIGOLD NOT ONLY BRIGHTENS UP THE WINTER GARDEN BUT HAS CULINARY AND OTHER USES AS WELL

COME IN, SPINACH • THESE LEAFY GREENS ARE ALL CALLED SPINACH AND SOME ARE MISTAKEN FOR IT, BUT ALL MAKE HANDY STAND-INS WHEN THE REAL THING’S NOT AROUND

NOT JUST ANY SPRINKLER! • YOUR LAWN AND GARDEN DESERVE THE BEST

The flowery cabbage • THOUGH CLOSELY RELATED TO CABBAGE, KALE AND BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER’S APPEARANCE AND TASTE PUT IT IN A CLASS OF ITS OWN

OUT ON THE VERGE • THERE’S A GARDEN UP IN DARDANUP THAT CAN’T BE CONTAINED IN THE FRONT YARD AND IS SPILLING ACROSS THE CORNER

FRUIT SALAD DAYS • THIS WHOLESALE/RETAIL NURSERY GROWS MORE THAN 1000 VARIETIES OF TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL FRUITING TREES AND PLANTS

HILL SIDE HARVEST • A NEWBIE GARDENER TURNS AN UNPROMISING PROPERTY INTO A HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE ORGANIC PLOT

— MOON PLANTING —

TIME TO PLANT • IT’S TIME FOR LOTS OF PEAS, ROOT VEG, BRASSICAS AND LEAFY GREENS — ALL THESE AND SOME QUIRKY CHARACTERS FOLLOW

HONOUR THY FAVA • THE BROAD BEAN OR FAVA BEAN ISN’T JUST A FOUNDATIONAL FOOD — AS A NITROGEN-FIXING LEGUME, IT’S GOOD FOR YOUR SOIL AS WELL

FENNEL AS ANYTHING • THOUGH RELATED TO CARROT AND CELERY, THIS HARDY PERENNIAL’S UNIQUE FLAVOUR WILL NEVER BE MISTAKEN FOR EITHER

WINTER WEIRDOS • FOLLOWING LAST ISSUE’S AUTUMN ODDBODS, HERE ARE SOME MORE OFFBEAT EATS TO CONSIDER FOR YOUR WINTER PATCH AND TABLE

THE APPLE OF OUR EYE • WHO DOESN’T LOVE A PINK LADY, A JONATHAN OR A GRANNY SMITH?

THE ENZED BERRY • KIWIFRUIT STARTED OUT AS A CHINESE GOOSEBERRY BUT WAS SO WELL MARKETED IN THE PAST 50 YEARS EVERYONE THINKS IT’S FROM NEW ZEALAND

FRUIT THREATS • THE TOP SIX CITRUS PESTS: HOW TO SPOT THEM AND HOW TO STOP THEM — OR AT LEAST MINIMISE THE DAMAGE

THE MATHS OF MATTER • ONCE YOU HEAR ABOUT NATURE’S GEOMETRY AND THE GOLDEN RATIO YOU START TO SEE IT EVERYWHERE — AND NOT JUST IN PLANTS

Ups a daisy • DAISIES ARE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS IN A CLASSIC FORM FOUND IN THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT GUISES ALL OVER THE WORLD

Gondwana gold • YELLOW-FLOWERED XANTHOSTEMON, OR GOLDEN PENDA, IS A GLOSSY-LEAFED RAINFOREST MEMBER OF THE EUCALYPT...